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The arts in this country exist primarily to fuel the culture industry.

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There is fire and fire: The fire that burns and the fire that gives warmth, a fire that sets a forest ablaze and the fire that puts a cat to sleep. So is it with self-love. The member that once seemed one of the wonders of the world soon becomes as homely as an old slipper. Mathew and himself gradually ceased to excite each other.

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We need cancer because, by the very fact of its incurability, it makes all other diseases, however virulent, not cancer.

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The earth is mankind's ultimate haven, our blessed terra firma. When it trembles and gives way beneath our feet, it's as though one of God's cheques has bounced.

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Gilbert Adair

Gilbert Adair

Born: December 29, 1944
Died: December 8, 2011 (aged 66)
Bio: Gilbert Adair was a Scottish novelist, poet, film critic and journalist.
Known for:
  1. The Holy Innocents (1988)
  2. The Act of Roger Murgatroyd (2006)
  3. A Mysterious Affair of Style (2007)
  4. And Then There Was No One (2009)
  5. A Closed Book (1999)

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